Background
Russell was the son of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet of Charlton Park (1773–1839) and his second wife Jane Eliza Russell, daughter of Major-General James Dodington Sherwood.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Russell was the son of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet of Charlton Park (1773–1839) and his second wife Jane Eliza Russell, daughter of Major-General James Dodington Sherwood.
After taking the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Edinburgh, he migrated to Calcutta, where he acquired a large practice. Returning to London before 1832, he distinguished himself in that year by his energy during the cholera epidemic, and was for his services created a baronet. Russell entered the army as a Cornet in 1841, became a Lieutenant in February 1846, a Captain in April 1857, a Major in August 1857, a Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1858, and Colonel in July 1863.
He served in the Crimean War and during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he served at Alumbagh and at the Siege of Lucknow, and commanded the 7th Hussars on further operations in India and Nepal.
He returned to the House of Commons the following year when he was elected at a by-election in March 1860 as one of the two MPs for Norwich, after an election petition had led to the 1859 election in Norwich being declared void. He was re-elected in 1865 and in 1868, and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1874 general election.
In 1863, Russell married Margaret Wilson, the only child of Robert Wilson. By 1870 they had two children: William (born 28 September 1865) and Maragret Jane (born 21 August 1867).
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He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dover from 1857 to 1859, and for Norwich from 1860 to 1874.
He was elected at the 1857 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dover, but lost the seat at the 1859 general election.